Welcome to the official information and update journal for the Round Robin Photo Challenges. This is where you will find all the details for each photo challenge, such as the subject, the link to blog or journal where each challenge is being hosted, and all updates to the players participation lists.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Oops! I forgot to post the next Challenge! Let's get right to it. The topic for Saturday, September 8th is

The Right Angle

Show us anything that has one or more right angles in its design: squares, rectangles, right isosceles triangles, etc. It can be as simple as a box or a dresser or a table, or something more rectangleriffic! Finding right angles is easy; we humans tend to surround ourselves with them. The tricky part is in the photographing. Perspective tends to warp our clean right angles, giving our eyes and are cameras clues about our three dimensional world. So try to minimize the effect, and keep our angles as perfect as possible. OR let perspective really mess with those angles, and show us the result!

To play along, simply follow these guidelines:

1. Grab your camera and photograph anything that involves right angles (squared off corners, as in a square or rectangle). Either minimize or maximize the effect of perspective in your photos.

2. RSVP in the comments below with your name and the name and URL of the place you plan to post your photo(s).

3. On the Challenge date, Saturday, September 8th, post the results on any blog, social media site or online photo album. Don't forget to link back to here in your entry, so your readers can check out the other Robins' contributions.

4. Please visit the other Robins' entries, and comment if so moved. The list of entries will be posted at the bottom of this entry starting around midnight MST on the Challenge date, and updated through the day.

Thanks for your participation in the most recent Challenge. I hope to see more of your work soon. Have fun, and go be photographers!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Hi, Robins! I asked my husband John for help with this next Challenge. I wanted something indoorsy to balance out all the outdoor pictures I've been posting lately. His response reminded me of an old song by Yes:

The sun can warm the coldest dawn

And move the movement on the lawn.

I learn in ev'ry single day,

Inside out, outside in, ev'ry way.

--Yes, Perpetual Change (Anderson/Squire)

The topic for Saturday, August 25th is

Inside Out, Outside In

John's suggestion is to take pictures of something seen outside that you normally expect to see inside, or something inside that you'd expect to see outside instead. So, furniture in the driveway would count, or a wild critter in the bedroom. And so on. Alternatively, you can take something that's literally inside out and just photograph that.

To play along, simply follow these guidelines:

1. Grab your camera and photograph anything that is out of place as far as whether it's inside or out; or photograph something that is literally inside out.

2. RSVP in the comments below with your name and the name and URL of the place you plan to post your photo(s).

3. On the Challenge date, Saturday, August 25th, post the results on any blog, social media site or online photo album. Don't forget to link back to here in your entry, so your readers can check out the other Robins' contributions.

4. Please visit the other Robins' entries, and comment if so moved. The list of entries will be posted at the bottom of this entry starting around midnight MST on the Challenge date, and updated through the day.

Thanks for your participation in yesterday's Challenge. I'll be by to admire your work in the next few minutes. Have fun, and go be photographers!